Wake County's Public Health Clinics offer many options for care for women, ranging from treatment to education.

• Family planning/contraception, pregnancy tests, pap tests, and breast exams
  • Clinic F, 919-250-3913
  • Eastern Regional Center, 919-404-3900
  • Northern Regional Center, 919-562-6300
• Prenatal services
  • Clinic G, 919-250-4701
  • Departure Drive, 919-431-4000
  • Eastern Regional Center, 919-404-3900
  • Northern Regional Center, 919-562-6300
• STI and HIV prevention, testing, & treatment including PrEP medication
  • Clinic A, 919-250-4410
  • Eastern Regional Center, 919-404-3900
  • Northern Regional Center, 919-557-6300
• Dental care for pregnant women
  • ​​​​​​​Clinic D, 919-250-4610

Health Clinics

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) provides healthy foods, nutrition and breastfeeding support, and referrals to healthcare and community services. WIC serves babies and children up to age 5, pregnant women and new mothers.
Learn about WIC

The Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation (WISEWOMAN) Project provides cardiovascular disease screening, intervention, counseling and referral services to women enrolled in the Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program.

WISEWOMAN’s mission is to provide low-income, underinsured, or uninsured 40–64-year-old women with the knowledge, skills and opportunities to improve their diet, physical activity and other life habits to prevent, delay or control cardiovascular and other chronic diseases.
Wake County WISEWOMAN

Wake County Health & Human Services Health Promotion Section has several programs that address the needs of Wake County women.
Breast Health

The Wake County Minority Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) is a 12-month long class designed to help lower your risk of Type 2 Diabetes, become more physically active and reduce stress. Participants of the program learn lifestyle changes at NO COST.
Wake County Minority Diabetes Prevention Program

Wake Connections is a coordinated intake and referral system that connects families with high quality home-based programs. The Wake Connections system links you to services for pregnant women, first-time moms, infants, toddlers and young children who have not yet started Kindergarten.

Wake Connections

Our childbirth classes are taught by nationally certified childbirth educators who make classes fun, safe and highly interactive. They prepare, empower, equip and build confidence for participants. Classes are taught in both English and Spanish and are offered at a variety of times and days of the week. 

Childbirth Education Classes

Maternal health home visit nurse services: 

• Contact Danelle Holland at 919-250-4661 or danelle.holland@wake.gov  

Case management services (CMHRP program): 

• Contact Shiva Liverman at 919-250-4675 or shiva.liverman@wake.gov OR Shantel White at 919-250-3154 

The Nurse-Family Partnership is a free, evidence-based community healthcare program that empowers low-income, first-time mothers to become confident parents and strong women by partnering them with nurse home visits. This trusted relationship instills a level of confidence in the first-time moms that will help them guide them and their children to successful futures.

Learn more about Nurse-Family Partnership

Contact Stephannie Senegal at 919-212-7210 or ssenegal@wake.gov OR Annette Chavez at 919-212-9368 

​​​​​​​Contact 919-675-8545 or diana.browndiaz@wake.gov

Find resources to stopping tobacco use through the Wake County Tobacco Prevention and Control Initiative. 

​​​​​​​Contact 919-250-1171 or catherine.mulvihill@wake.gov

Economic services, including childcare subsidies, child support enforcement, energy assistance, food and nutrition services, Medicaid, program and staff development, senior and adult services, and employment services.

Contact 919-212-7000

Child welfare services including Child Protective Services, family support services, foster care services, licensing and adoption.

Contact 919-212-7000

Phexxi is a new, non-hormonal contraceptive gel that is inserted into the vagina before sex to prevent pregnancy.

There's also a new contraceptive ring on the market called Annovera. Annovera is a small, flexible ring that contains hormones to prevent pregnancy. It is inserted into the vagina where it stays for three weeks before you remove it to have your period. Annovera can be reused for up to one year.

Learn more about your contraceptive options by talking with your healthcare provider. 

Black women in the U.S. are three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related issues than white women. Use the acronym POST BIRTH to recognize the warning signs of when to get help.

Call 911 if you have: 

• P - Pain in chest
• O - Obstructed breathing or shortness of breath
• S - Seizures 
• T - Thoughts of hurting yourself or someone else

Call your healthcare provider if you have: 

• B - Bleeding, soaking through one pad an hour, or blood clots the size of an egg or bigger 
• I - Incision that is not healing
• R - Red or swollen leg that is painful or warm to touch
• T - Temperature of 100.4F or higher
• H - Headache that does not get better, even after taking medicine, or a bad headache with vision changes. 

Try locating your pelvic floor muscles from a squatting or side lying position. These are the same muscles that you release to go to the bathroom. Hold the muscles in and up for five seconds and then release. Repeat ten times.

Do this several times a day to both prepare for and recover from birth.

Regardless of how you identify, if you have the relevant body parts, you need to make sure they are staying safe and healthy. Anyone with a cervix and ovaries can get cervical cancer or ovarian cancer. Anyone with breasts or a chest can get breast cancer – even men. Be sure to schedule your screenings today!

Remember to always use a condom during sex and get tested regularly. Free testing is available at Wake County Health & Human Services - Clinic A. Call today to schedule a visit at 919-250-4410. Walk-in's welcome.

Remember that you are not alone and help is out there. Start your day with positive affirmations and seek help from a healthcare provider if your symptoms persist.

Fat phobia, or prejudice against fat people, can lead to stigma against larger bodied people, causing lower self-esteem and poorer health outcomes, especially for women. By moving your body regularly, eating foods that provide nutrients, and getting regular check-ups at the clinic, you can be healthy at any size. Read more about fat phobia and its outcomes on health here.

Buy reusable, environmentally friendly options. Menstrual cups, cloth pads and period panties are all great options that can be washed and reused for several years. Explore them online or at your local pharmacy.